[USML Announce] The Draft Recap

[JHWinick at aol.com]

Gentlemen,

Congratulations on a terrific and successful draft.  Despite conducting our 
first evening draft and by far, our earliest draft, I thought things went 
smoothly.

I woke up this morning to realize I had drafted possibly the oldest team in 
the history of the USML.  I can't believe I drafted Benito Santiago (39), John 
Olerud (36), Eric Karros (36), and Brian Jordan (37).  Looks like somebody is 
going to have to worry about injuries.  

I will offer my annual post-draft predictions later this weekend, but for the 
time being I'll share some of the interesting bits of information that the 
software program kicked out.  I encourage you to take this information with a 
huge grain of salt.

Draft Inflation:
Hitting Inflation Was 0% at the end of the draft.  It was running anywhere 
from +20 to -15% for most of the draft.  There was only a very brief window for 
hitting bargains this year.

Pitching Inflation was -79%.  It was running as high as -125% during the 
draft.  Pitchers went for full value and then some all draft long.

Hitting/Pitching Splits:

Most lopsided hitting spending - Klein Nine spent 219 on hitting and only 40 
on pitching.
Most lopsided pitching spending - The Nukes spent 131 on pitching and 120 on 
hitting.
League average split:  172 hitting/88 pitching

Most Overpriced Players (according to the software):

Keith Foulke            -15
Carlos Delgado        -14
Vladimir Guerrero    -14
Alexis Rios             -13
C.C. Sabathia         -12
Fernando Rodney    -12

Most Underpriced Players (according to the software):

Bobby Higginson        +8
Matt Lawton               +5
Willie Harris               +5
Scott Hatteberg          +5
Larry Bigbie               +4

Most Expensive Hitters:

Carlos Beltran          43    
Vladimir Guerrero     39    
Carlos Delgado         37    
Nomar Garciaparra    35   
Manny Ramirez        34    
  
Most Expensive Pitchers:

Curt Schilling        34
Keith Foulke         34
Mike Mussina       30
Javier Vasquez     29
Tim Hudson          29

Prospecting:

Justin Morneau         10
Alexis Rios                8
Guillermo Quiroz        5
Mike Cuddyer            2
Brandon Phillips        1
Grady Sizemore        1
Dallas McPherson     1
Adrian Gonzalez        1

Good luck to everyone - it should be a great year.

Jeff Winick
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